I think sometimes we don't realize that in most cultures we have pretty fucked up ideas about raising children, where they are easily seen as the potential to be "a person" instead of a person who is already "becoming", or as an extension of their parents, while the parent's word is often forcefully the equivalent of God's to them. How often do societies reward children for obeying versus learning to exercise their own critical judgement?
It's a rough relationship, yet honestly I can't say I don't know people who haven't been in Shima-kun's shoes. I am curious as to what happened between his mom being this control freak hellbent on making her child a successful star and the meek person she is now who looks terrified to do something to get on his bad side.
I think sometimes we don't realize that in most cultures we have pretty fucked up ideas about raising children, where they are easily seen as the potential to be "a person" instead of a person who is already "becoming", or as an extension of their parents, while the parent's word is often forcefully the equivalent of God's to them. How often do societies reward children for obeying versus learning to exercise their own critical judgement?
It's a rough relationship, yet honestly I can't say I don't know people who haven't been in Shima-kun's shoes. I am curious as to what happened between his mom being this control freak hellbent on making her child a successful star and the meek person she is now who looks terrified to do something to get on his bad side.